Remollon

Identity

Remollon (INSEE 05115) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CC Serre-Ponçon Val d'Avance. Population 469 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/05115-remollon

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 86 % of the 17,908 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (VALBIS). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LES 3 ALPES · QUALITY PIZZA). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE REMOLLON). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (REMOLLON AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE REMOLLON). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (M COIFF). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 440 (2012) → 469 (2023): 6.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 332 (1990) → 469 (2023): 41.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 319, of which 24.8 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Théus): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Remollon): 0.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Espinasses): 5 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Espinasses): 5.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Remollon): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 39 days a year at or above 30 °C and 122 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the TALLARD weather station, 10.8 km away at 593 m; the village itself is at 668 m. ^[11]

The village sits 75 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.21 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at TALLARD, 10.8 km away at 593 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 75 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 757 mm of rain a year, spread over 79 days — about 9.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at TALLARD, 10.8 km away at 593 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05115/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05115/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05115/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05115/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05171
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05115
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05050
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024